Our next monthly hangout will be Monday 15th June from 7:30pm to 9pm IST Declan J will be hosting a fan chat about Project Hail Mary, film and book (but if you’ve only read the book or seen the film, you’re still very welcome). There will be spoilers. Also available is a spoiler-free breakout for…
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Hangout with Sci-Fi Ireland – Sun 17th May
Our next monthly hangout will be Sunday 17th May from 7:30pm to 9pm IST, and we’ll be chatting to Sci-Fi Ireland, Ireland’s new magazine for science fiction literature. About Sci-Fi Ireland Sci-Fi Ireland is an independent literary magazine championing the voice of Irish Sci-Fi writers. The magazine publishes twice yearly in print and digitally. The…
First Octocon Hangout – Sun 8th March on Zoom
We’re launching a new monthly Zoom hangout, where you can connect with other Octocon members. As well as a general social space, we plan to host breakout rooms for writers and crafters, and will have a featured event each month such as a workshop, fan chat or talk. The hangout will be restricted to members…
Online Volunteers Needed
This year, Octocon is running a full programme online on both days of the convention (Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October 2025), and we need volunteers to help us! We are especially looking for people who either have streaming experience or would like to train up to produce our streamed panels via OBS. Full training…
Wanted: Your LGBTQ+ Books for Outhouse
Octocon’s chosen charity partner this year is Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre in Dublin. They host a library of almost 4000 LGBTQ+ books and we would like to contribute some science fiction, fantasy and horror books to the collection! If you have a printed book or two you’d like to donate, we’d like you to let us…
ABSOLUTE last call for programme participants
We’ve decided to extend our registration for programme participants until 8:00am Irish time on Saturday 13th September – this will give any last volunteers the chance to look through our list of panels they might like to be on before the deadline for panel applications closes at noon on Monday 15th. So if you’ve got…
Help Needed: ISBNticing
We’re planning to run a panel-slash-gameshow at Octocon this year where panellists have to guess the identity of a book based only on a brief description – similar to the way some bookshops offer ‘a blind date with a book’ where the book’s wrapped in plain paper with some clues to the subject and themes…
Charity Partner 2025: Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre
Octocon is delighted to announce our charity partner for 2025: Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre in Dublin. For more than 25 years, Outhouse has been a space for LGBTQ+ people to connect with one another, with their community, and with themselves. In addition to offering LGBTQ+ events, programmes, and support services, the Outhouse building in the centre…
Last call for programme participants
The Programme team is hard at work finalising the panels, talks, workshops and chats we hope to have this year at Octocon. We’re still looking for programme participants – particularly online! – so if you’ve got something to say about science fiction, fantasy, horror, comics, anime, books, TV and film, science and all sorts of…
Proudly supported by South Dublin County Council
We would like to thank South Dublin County Council for their support in bringing you the National Irish Science Fiction Convention on Saturday the 11th of October at the Maldron Hotel, Tallaght, and online on Saturday 11th and Sunday the 12th of October.